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Divided in Death (In Death #18)

by J.D. Robb

4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 · rating details · 9,602 ratings · 246 reviews

The first hardcover in the series-now in paperback. The novel that brings it all together...

Mass Market Paperback, 354 pages

Published August 31st 2004 by Berkley (first published January 2004)

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Apr 15, 2013 Jo rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: action-adventure-suspense, mystery

I LOVE this installment! Its got a good mystery, but again its the character development that drives this book. For a large part of this book, Eve and Roarke cannot find their way to each other, they are estranged by their different reactions to some information that comes to light about Eve's past. It's this struggle which makes the heart of the book so compelling because you want them to make it. Very intense. And the scenes of Eve on her own without his support...heartbreaking, even though sh...more

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Feb 24, 2011 Petra (Safari Poet) added it · review of another edition

Intense! There is a lot of emotions in the air. Anger, fear, love, contempt, sorrow, rage and not only from who you'd expect.

A colleague and friend of Roarke is suspected of killing her husband, but for Eve the pieces are falling into place too easily. After finding data corruption on multiple computers, she suspects techno-terrorists.

During the investigation, information about Eve past comes to light. All she want to do is leave the past where it belongs and try and deal with what she learns, b...more

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May 09, 2013 OpenBookSociety.com rated it 2 of 5 stars

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Divided in Death is the 18th installment of Nora Roberts’s futuristic In Death series written under her pseudo name, J.D. Robb. It centers around homicide Lieutenant Eve Dallas and her sexy rich husband, Roarke, who wasn’t always on the good side of the law.

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Divided in Death is the 18th installment of Nora Roberts’s futuristic In Death series written under her pseudo name, J.D. Robb. It centers around homicide Lieutenant Eve Dallas and her sexy rich husband, Roarke, who wasn’t always on the good side of the law.

This book starts out with Roarke getting a call from his admin, Caro, in the middle of the night, prompting him to ask Eve for a favor. Caro’s daughter, Reva, had just found out her husband, Blair, was cheating on her and when she went to confront him she finds him and her best friend in bed together; dead. Roarke wants Eve to take the case and help clear Reva of the charges.

When Eve gets on-scene it doesn’t look good for Reva. All signs point to a crime of passion. But something doesn’t jibe for Eve. It seems a little too perfect from the murder weapon, Reva’s kitchen knife, sticking out of the mattress to a toilet perfectly wiped down except one of Reva’s bloody fingerprints. The whole situation just screams setup and it’s up to Eve to figure out just who would benefit from Blair’s death and Reva’s imprisonment. And the situation gets even dicier when she discovers that Homeland Security (HSO) is behind the whole thing.

I’ll be honest when I read the blurb on this book; I figured it would be a snoozer for me. I’m just not into the whole techno-terrorist and conspiracy theory type of storylines. I was hoping I would be pleasantly surprised, but unfortunately I wasn’t.

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But I don’t know what it is about when Roarke and Eve have marital problems that interests me. That was definitely the saving grace of this book. Eve and Roarke were fighting over what to do after finding out the HSO knew what had happened to her as a child and did nothing to stop it. Obviously, Roarke wanted to get vengeance for what she went through and Eve didn’t want him to do something that could lead him to getting put in a cage. I was surprised when Roarke didn’t make them pay at all. I understand him not killing them because it hurt Eve, but I would have expected him to do something to ruin them professionally at the very least. I have a feeling this decision may come to bite him later on in the series, but time will tell.

This book was just OK to me, it was just too techy for my tastes in general, but someone who likes that stuff along with the spy and espionage angle would probably enjoy it immensely.(less)

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Mar 21, 2013 Samiha rated it 4 of 5 stars

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Jun 02, 2012 Books-treasureortrash rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Reva just found out her husband was sleeping with her best friend and she decided a little revenge was in order. But when she got there, she was shocked to find their murdered bodies. Immediately after, she blacked out and when she came too, she was holding the murder weapon. She knows she didn’t kill them, but she also knows it doesn’t look good. Reva calls Roake, her boss, for help and he gets Eve onto the case to find out who killed Reva’s husband and why.

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Jun 02, 2012 Dana rated it 4 of 5 stars

Reva Ewing was found standing over the dead bodies of her husband, renowned artist Blair Bissel, and her best friend. Everything is just too perfect in Lieutenant Eve Dallas' mind. This could be a killing due to jealous rage but then why were all of Bissel's security settings for his studio changed at about the time of his death. Why is his assistant and lover murdered?

Reva Ewing, a former secret service officer now works for Roarke as a security analyst and they are working on a big project for...more

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Jul 06, 2010 Jerry rated it 3 of 5 stars

"Portrait" and "Purity" tough Eve Dallas acts to follow...

We've read the entire 18-book "Robb" series and generally enjoy all the stories immensely. As usually happens with long-running characters, we've come to feel intimate with both the leading couple, NYPD Homicide Lt. Eve Dallas and her billionaire husband Roarke, as well as a fine supporting cast of cops Peabody, Feeney, and McNab (among others); quirky friend Mavis; and annoying "houseman"/valet Summerset. The writing and plot crafting sk...more "Portrait" and "Purity" tough Eve Dallas acts to follow...

We've read the entire 18-book "Robb" series and generally enjoy all the stories immensely. As usually happens with long-running characters, we've come to feel intimate with both the leading couple, NYPD Homicide Lt. Eve Dallas and her billionaire husband Roarke, as well as a fine supporting cast of cops Peabody, Feeney, and McNab (among others); quirky friend Mavis; and annoying "houseman"/valet Summerset. The writing and plot crafting skills of Nora Roberts (posing herein as JD Robb) created absolute powerhouses in her recent novels "Portrait" and "Purity in Death", leaving us emotionally stimulated and intellectually entertained. But our hope for more at that level was not to be fulfilled in "Divided".

The plot centers around an artist who is caught cheating by his wife, Reva, a security specialist who works at one of Roarke's firms. Reva is found at the scene of her husband and his lover's murder, but it seems immediately to be a frame; and a subsequent murder or two confirms that suspicion. The cop team pretty much takes residence at the Roarke mansion, fearing that security is so sensitive an issue on this case that working out of Police HQ is ill advised. The investigation soon embroils the Homeland Security agency, which is an interesting ploy that allows Robb to comment from the setting of the book at future year 2059 on the "history" and practices of that government entity. A wrinkle about Eve's own troubled past with an abusive father surfaces during the investigation that causes a huge riff between herself and Roarke -- and the resolution of that strain on their relationship is a strong sub-plot to the mystery. In the end, the unscrambling of several dead computers as well as Eve's typical perceptive scrutiny of the clues, leads to identifying and capturing the real bad guys.

What left us a little cold about the story was the dominance of the sub-plot. While the exacting nature of the relationship between our two principals is a more than recurring theme in the whole series (Robb admits its part of her reason for writing it), it seemed just a little too overdone and a little too predictable in its resolution -- and thus seemed to drag down the action of the middle book. Additionally, the seclusion of the team at the house left us little or no variety of character interactions and scene settings, and got a little boring ere it was all over. Overall, while we never fail to enjoy each new entry in the "In Death" set, and blessedly do not find the characters getting stale, this particular novel just didn't seem as well composed as many of the others. So Robb fans won't want to miss it, but casual readers might rather enjoy some of the better entries mentioned above.

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May 22, 2009 Michelle (meshe) rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: bookcrossing

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The year is 2059. It is a future in which technology and humanity collide, and a new computer virus has become the latest form of terrorism.

Reva Ewing, a former member of the Secret Service, a security specialist for Roarke Enterprises, is a prime suspect in a double homicide. She had every reason to want to kill her husband, the renowned artist Blair Bissel. Not only was he having an affair, he was having it with her best friend. But Lieutenant Eve Dallas, who's on the case, believes Re...more

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Jun 11, 2012 Eden rated it 3 of 5 stars

This was not my favorite "... in Death" and I will do my best to explain. Problem #1: it read like an expanded edition of Spy vs. Spy and I could never quite figure who was doing what to whom and why. Problem #2: during most of the story, Eve and Roarke were at odds ... seriously at odds and I believe that was really the main plot. Of course, they always straighten things out (and it was very moving when they did so this time) but it was quite close to the end of the book before they found their...more

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Aug 19, 2011 Maria rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: nora-roberts-re-reads, romance-mystery-scifi-thriller

Normally I would give anything in this series five stars but I deducted a star in this case because the plot, although clever, seemed somewhat contrived. I tried to think of the HSO as the CIA or FBI to see if that would make it seem less so, but no dice. On the other hand, the Dallas cast of characters are just as amazing as ever, with Roarke and Eve getting into their first major, major marriage squabble. I still can't believe Roarke said to Eve, "It's part of the package I took on [referring...more

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Jan 02, 2013 Nathan Burgoine rated it 3 of 5 stars

they're not the high-level intellectual mysteries of the year, but I enjoyed it, and I figured this one out not-too-far from the end, so that's something. Basically, Eve Dallas and her husband find out that a series of apparently obvious crimes are staged, and that the NSA (or something similar to it in the future of New York, as these take place in the 2300s) are behind it, at least in part. She also learns more about her past, including that some people knew about her abuse, and didn't do anyt...more

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Feb 23, 2012 Malin rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is book 18 in J.D. Robb's "In Death" series, so it goes without saying that there is all sorts of backstory you miss out on if this is the first one you pick up. It's impossible for me to write this review without spoiling some of the stuff from previous novels, so go read "Naked in Death" if you haven't already been acquainted with Roarke and Lieutenant Eve Dallas.

Eve Dallas is called to a murder scene, where at first glance, it looks as if Roarke's personal aide's daughter, brutally kill...more This is book 18 in J.D. Robb's "In Death" series, so it goes without saying that there is all sorts of backstory you miss out on if this is the first one you pick up. It's impossible for me to write this review without spoiling some of the stuff from previous novels, so go read "Naked in Death" if you haven't already been acquainted with Roarke and Lieutenant Eve Dallas.

Eve Dallas is called to a murder scene, where at first glance, it looks as if Roarke's personal aide's daughter, brutally killed her husband, Blair Bissell, and close friend Felicity Cade, in a fit of jealous rage. Both the suspect, Reva Ewing, and her mother, Roarke's trusted assistant, Caro, assure Eve that Reva is not the killer, and that she found the bodies when she rushed over to her friend's apartment to confront them - having received incriminating photographs and video of their affair. It doesn't take much investigation for Eve and her partner Peabody to see that the scene is indeed a setup, but the question is who would want Reva out of the picture, and why are all the computers connected to the victims completely wiped by a mysterious virus?

Within days, not just Reva's husband and socialite friend are dead, but also the artist husband's bimbo assistant. Her computer is also fried. Blair's brother is missing, and everything suggests that the double murder has something to do with a top secret government contract Reva and Roarke were working on to stop a cyber-terrorist group. Then Eve and Roarke discover that both Blair and Felicity were deep cover Homeland Security agents, and possibly also double agents. When hacking into Homeland Security, Roarke also uncovers further secrets from Eve's tragic past, and the two have trouble seeing eye to eye on how to deal with the revelations that come to light.

I love reading about Eve and Roarke and all the recurring casts of the In Death books. It delights me that Peabody has become a detective in her own right and is now Eve's partner, rather than aide. I love that Peabody and McNab live together, that Mavis is having a baby and that Eve is completely befuddled by this. The mysteries are entertaining, and Robb (Nora Roberts writing under a pseudonym) is fairly good at coming up with strange new scenarios, but it's the ongoing story I really read the books for. In this one, Eve and Roarke are at odds through much of the book, and just as I would hate it if close friends of mine argued and had marital discord because of something, I hate it when Eve and Roarke are unhappy. Of course they sort things out in the end - and while I see Eve's side in this, I'm glad that several of the supporting cast took Roarke's side, as well. Another satisfying installment, if you're a fan of the series. If you're not, pick up one of the earlier books, and join the rest of us. (less)

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Jan 10, 2012 Megan rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 3-stars, crime-and-mystery, fiction

The book had a good start, with set-ups and spies and conspiracies and Caro the kickass administrative assistant, but then the plot turned far too contrived and also dull (probably even a worse offense). You know it's a disappointing resolution when everything is explained in paragraphs and paragraphs of exposition from the antagonist. Boring. :/ Plus, after warming up to him in the prior couple of books, I'm back to finding Roarke a complete jackass who doesn't respect Eve's work and whose over...more

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Jan 31, 2012 Maria rated it 5 of 5 stars

I liked the book, I think it was a very meaningful moment in the Eve-Roarke relationship because they were both faced with a choice between what themselves and their partner. I also liked the case because it let us more into Roarke's work life, something that we don't know much of, we learn the story about how he and Caro met, and we learn about Caro, the ever efficient admin. I also like that Eve was faced with her origins and with the choice between seeking revenge/justice for herself or seeki...more

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Oct 21, 2009 Samantha rated it 4 of 5 stars

Divided In Death is according to fantastic fiction, the 21st book in the In Death series and luckily for me this series is still going strong. In this book, Eve is investigating a murder that looks like a setup and the prime suspect is one of Roarke's own employees and a personal friend. What makes this book different than previous books in the series, is that Eve and Roarke are straddling different sides of the line. Roarke takes the murder as a personal attack against him while Eve has to view...more

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Sep 19, 2012 Karla rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobook, awesome-alpha, delicious-irishman, emotional, exciting, favorites, love, married-couple, continuing-story, funny, hot-married-sex, intense, passionate, strong-willed-heroine, kick-ass-heroine, sizzling-romance, terrific-dialogue, witty, wonderful-caring-man, wonderful-secondary-characters, amazing-narrator

5 Stars...this is the series that keeps on giving!! I am in awe of the fact that I am on book 18 in this series and it just keeps getting BETTER!! The plot was well thought out, fresh, exciting and held my interest throughout! I was on edge for most of the book, not only because of the suspense, but due to the rift in Roarke and Eve’s relationship. They are not perfect; they both have their flaws, and are steadfast in their belief, which has always created friction in their marriage. But, in thi...more

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Feb 20, 2012 Jenny Delandro rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: author-nora-roberts-j-d-robb, cop-fbi-thrillers

Favorite quote: Eve to Roarke

You are really smart, and you are capable of very scary behaviour. You see the big picture, but you never miss the deatils. You have the power, more than most people could dream of, but you don't trample the little guy with it.

Reva works for Roarke and she is framed for murdering her husband and best friend... caught in bed. Eve believes her to be innocent.

Homeland Security HSO gets involved when it is revealed that the two dead people were spies.

What else does HSO k...more

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Jan 20, 2010 BarkLessWagMore rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery

I'm reading these books completely out of order. I read Naked In Death and its direct sequel quite a few years ago back when they were first released and then read this one. Surprisingly enough I wasn't confused all that much and actually remembered the dynamics of the Eve/Rourke relationship all these years later.

This book features many secondary characters I was unfamiliar with but they came alive so well it didn't matter after a few pages. The story focuses on the double murder of the husban...more

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Dec 04, 2012 Amy A rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: in-death-series

This is a good addition to the In Death series. I liked the twists and turns that Robb threw in this one. The mystery was certainly well planned out and not obvious from the beginning. I do think, however, that solving the murders was overshadowed at times by the tension going on between Roarke and Eve. Through the investigation things come to light about Eve's past and she doesn't like how Roarke intends to deal with it. They clash over their beliefs and remain clashed through much of the book....more

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Aug 11, 2012 Carol Peace rated it 5 of 5 stars

a great exciting mystery and a plot that could be from a 007 film. Eve and Roarke are involved when one f his employee's is found with the body of her husband and her friend in the friends apartment. Her mother is also on Roarkes payrolland she ring Roarke who asks Eve to go with him and see the scene. Eve hates being put on the backfoot and at times she feels Roarke is getting more involved than a 'consultant' and civillian E man shold.
For the first time I can remember they are angry with each...more

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Apr 12, 2011 Amanda rated it 3 of 5 stars

Book #37 of 2011

Sliding into one of the "In Death" books is, for me, like catching up with old friends. Still, this book will not go down as one of my favorites of the series. In short, Roarke was being just too obtuse! I feel like I know this character so well that I know what motivates him. And if I know what motivates him and I know what motivates Eve, then I know what the outcome of the "marital problems" that they face in this book will be. And if I can predict the outcome, then why the hel...more

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Mar 16, 2008 Natalie rated it 5 of 5 stars

I'll go ahead and add all the JD Robb books to my list, but let's just say this - there hasn't been one that I haven't managed to finish in a week, regardless of the rest of life. They simply suck you in. There's no tougher girl than Eve Dallas.

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Jan 02, 2013 Meli Kyle *Ty and Zane's Creeper* rated it 5 of 5 stars

Reva Ewing, security specialist for Roarke, is a prime suspect of the death of Blair Bissel, her husband, and Felicity Cade, her best friend. Reva discovers her husband and best friend have been having an affair. Now she is being framed for a double murder she didn't commit.
I can't believe I am still not bored by this series, it just gets better. I really missed all the characters but didn't know how much till I started reading this. Another great exciting read. New info on Eve's past is reveale...more

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Apr 22, 2013 Mary Taitt rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: mystery-crme lovers, JD Robb lovers, Nora Roberts lovers

Shelves: mystery-crime-fiction

I loved it. I am always torn rating books, do I rate them within their own genre or within the great milieu of books in general? I wish the scale was 1-10 rather than 1-5.

Also, now-a-days, after a couple reviews got EATEN, I'm afraid to write reviews.

This book was engaging, compelling, fast paced, exciting. It takes a hard look at the HSO! This is important--we NEED to look at the HSO! It deals with spies, intrigue, national security, and operatives going out on their own. It deals with-tech de...more

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Jan 29, 2012 Scartowner rated it 2 of 5 stars

As a J D Robb virgin, I was not completely endeared to the fabulous duo, the super serious and much troubled Eve, and her super super rich, super smart husband Roarke with a suspicious past and questionable resources. The story, though, is what makes any book worth reading, and this was catchy. A murder and frame of the innocent widow, possible cyber terrorism, dirty tactics by government security black ops, and lots of spy/counterspy stuff. A bit heavy on the marital conflict, but since this is...more

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Feb 08, 2011 Maressa rated it 4 of 5 stars

I like Robb's incorporation of the Lieutenant's personal life into the plot of the "In Death" series. I've read a few of them, out of order of course, but I was able to follow the static protagonist through each story and understand the mindset of the character. I prefer series for this reason. The author has a way of describing each case, each homicide in enough detail to give the reader the best understanding of the situation as possible, without grossing them out. I know J.D. Robb is just a p...more

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Feb 14, 2009 Tracy rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery, adventure

I still love this series! This one got a bit intense dealing with Dallas' past, but the adventure, verbal a**-kicking and inter-agency rivalry was mighty satisfying.

I admit that I've skimmed or fast forwarded through most of the lovemaking scenes in all of the books I've read in this series. After the first time or two, yeah, okay, it's incredible and meaningful and all. I get it. Let's get back to the other action. That's not necessarily a criticism, just what I do.

The opening scenes and (inne...more

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Jun 03, 2011 Jenn rated it 3 of 5 stars

I just really don't like Roarke. And I'm liking Eve less and less as I read more of this series. Roarke's an ass who continually doesn't understand that Eve has to do her job. She's good at it and when she feels someone isn't guilty of what they're accused of doing, she tries her best from her end to make sure there's going to be no doubt of it later on, but no matter how many times it happens, Roarke gets his ass bent out of shape about it. And Eve acts like such a child when it comes to groomi...more

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Jan 12, 2010 Journeywoman rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 144-in-2010-challenge, re-read-in-2011

This should probably get 3 1/2 stars, but I'm rounding up.

One of the better Dallas/Roarke books. One of the things I like most about this series is the way she portrays a married couple. Most romances end with the marriage or the HEA (Happily Ever After). This series shows how much work goes into a marriage and how much you really have to commit to it.

I recommend this book particularly because Dallas and Roarke are understandably and believably angry at each other for a good portion of the boo...more

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Mar 30, 2013 Jessi rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2013, appealing-characteristic-story, appealing-characteristic-character, futuristic, mystery, part-of-a-series

We've seen Roarke's secretary, Caro, in previous books. She's a savvy, competent woman who was skeptical of Eve but has grown to appreciate her through the series. And it's good, because her daughter, who also works for Roarke, is now under investigation for the murder of her husband and his lover.
Of course, first appearances can be deceiving and Eve trusts that Roarke knows his employees and digs deeper, discovering that the husband and his lover were not who they really seemed and perhaps ther...more

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Eleanor Marie Robertson was born on October 10, 1950 in Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S.A. She was the youngest of the five children, also the only girl, of a marriage with Irish ancestors. Her family were avid readers, so books were always important in her life. She attended a Catholic school and credits the nuns with instilling in her a sense of discipline. During her sophomore year...more aka Nora Roberts

Eleanor Marie Robertson was born on October 10, 1950 in Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S.A. She was the youngest of the five children, also the only girl, of a marriage with Irish ancestors. Her family were avid readers, so books were always important in her life. She attended a Catholic school and credits the nuns with instilling in her a sense of discipline. During her sophomore year in high school, she transferred to a local public school, where she met Ronald Aufdem-Brinke, her future first husband.

In Augusy 17, 1968, as soon as she had graduated from High School, Eleanor married, against her parents' wishes. The marriage settled in Keedysville, Maryland. Her husband worked at his father's sheet-metal business before joining her parents in their lighting company. While, she worked briefly as a legal secretary. "I could type fast but couldn't spell, I was the worst legal secretary ever," she says now. After their sons, Dan and Jason, were born she stayed home. Calling this her "Earth Mother" years, she spent much of her time doing crafts, including ceramics and sewing her children's clothes. The marriage ended separating, and they obtained the divorce in January 1985.

In February 1979, a blizzard in forced her hand to try another creative outlet. She was snowed in with a three and six year old with no kindergarten respite in sight and a dwindling supply of chocolate. During the now famous blizzard, she pulled out a pencil and notebook and began to write down one of those stories. It was there that a career was born. Several manuscripts and rejections later, her first book, Irish Thoroughbred, was published by Silhouette in 1981 as Nora Roberts, a shortened form of her birth name Eleanor Marie Robertson, because she assumed that all authors had pen names.

Eleanor wrote under the pseudonym Jill March a story for a magazine titled "Melodies of Love".

Eleanor met her second husband, Bruce Wilder, when she hired him to build bookshelves. They were married in July 1985. Her husband owns and operates a bookstore in Boonsboro, Maryland called "Turn the Page Books". Since that time, they've expanded their home, traveled the world.

In 1992, she decided adopted other pseudonym so to publish a futuristic-suspense novels, she first decided to use the pseudonym D.J. MacGregor, but she discovered that this pseudonym was used by another author. In 1995, her first "In Death" serial novel was published under the pseudonym J.D. Robb, the initials "J.D." were taken from her sons, Jason and Dan, while "Robb" is a shortened form of Roberts.

Eleanor has also been known as Sara Hardesty, because when the "Born In" series was released in U.K. it carried that name instead of Nora Roberts. She has since changed publishers.

Eleanor has been plagiarized by another best-selling romance writer, Janet Dailey. The practice came to light after a reader read Nora Roberts' "Sweet Revenge" and Janet Dailey's "Notorious" back-to-back; she noticed several similarities and posted the comparable passages on the Internet. Calling the plagiarism "mind rape," Eleanor sued Janet Daily. In 1997, Janet, admitted to repeatedly plagiarizing from Nora Roberts' work, and that both "Aspen Gold" and "Notorious" lifted heavily from Nora Roberts's work. Both of those novels were pulled from print after Janet's admission. She acknowledged the plagiarism and blamed it on a psychological disorder. In a settlement, Janet paid Eleanor an undisclosed sum, which Eleanor donated to the Literacy Volunteers of America.

A founding member of the Romance Writers of America (R.W.A.), she was the first inductee in the organization's Hall of Fame. She also is a member of several writers groups and has won countless awards from her colleagues and the publishing industry. (less)

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Divided in Death (In Death #18)

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